Zhu Qizhen sighed heavily, this is the power of imperial power: whoever sits in the position of emperor can do whatever he wants. At least in the Ming Dynasty, if an adult and healthy emperor insists on doing something, no one can stop it. For example, after the first emperor was abolished, such as his own personal expedition to Warat.

The only hope for his own restoration is that his younger brother's body will collapse quickly, and second, his younger brother will also plant a big heel at the level of a civil fort.

The latter has little hope for the time being, while the former is more promising.

Zhu Qizhen endured the depression in his heart and continued to ask, "What about the third thing?" ”

Chen Xiang replied: "The local officials in Yunnan secretly reported that in the past, Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, was beheaded for the crime of treason, and the whole family was beheaded. Muchun, Marquis of Xiping, in order to protect the blue jade legacy, hid the pregnant blue jade concubine in Mu Mansion and obtained his widow Lan Changjian.

The emperor approved, and the Lan Yu case was completely terminated, and no one was held accountable. Lan Changjian can return to his hometown, stay in Mu Mansion, or go to Shu Wang's Mansion, and they are all at his own convenience.

The Shu Wangfu can bury the remains of the blue jade, or continue to worship, and also let it be at its own convenience. ”

Zhu Qizhen was completely speechless after hearing this, his younger brother's focus is really always on the dispute between his concubines and concubines.

Back then, the Lanyu case involved the question of whether it was the grandson Zhu Yunxi or the eldest grandson Zhu Yunxi. For this reason, Taizu killed more than 15,000 people in one go, including the first duke, the twelve marquis, and the second uncle.

The destructive power is greater than that of the civil fort.

Taizu's vision of choosing an heir was not good, and his strategy ultimately failed, and Emperor Jianwen could not sit on the throne at all.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen thought crookedly again, his younger brother wanted to insinuate that Taizong's vision of choosing an heir was also not good, and the vision of the first emperor was even worse.

Zhu Qizhen asked weakly, "Is there anything else?" ”

Chen Xiang replied: "There is one last thing, the emperor's former ministers Yu Shan and Yu Gang wrote a letter to ask for Zhishi. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Qizhen came to his senses: "How does the emperor approve?" ”

"The emperor changed Yu Shan to the right attendant of the Nanjing Ministry of Households, and changed Yu Gang to the right attendant of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry."

Zhu Qizhen nodded, his younger brother finally did a normal thing. Sending these two people to Nanjing as waiters is neither mean nor selfish.

Neither of these two people is a jinshi, and if they can be promoted to squire, they are worthy of them.

And being promoted to a squire, the government and the opposition can understand it. After an emperor ascends the throne, he is not allowed to promote the old ministers of the domain, this is normal.

Zhu Qizhen silently summarized in his heart, these things are indeed his younger brother's style of acting. In other words, the younger brother can actually handle government affairs?

So Zhu Qizhen asked the three henchmen and eunuchs beside him, "Tell me, what is the emperor's condition?" ”

Xing'an was the first to reply: "Emperor Qiqi, according to the slave maid's report in Dongchang and the eyes of the celebrant eunuch, the messenger responsible for transmitting the transcript went back and forth between the cabinet, the celebrant and the palace of the king of Qi, and according to the news they heard, the emperor has indeed not come out to manage the government for many days.

All important transcripts were sent to the emperor's residence. Then the emperor attached a note to the bottom of the notebook, indicating the approval opinion, and then sent it back to the Feng Pavilion, which was officially approved by the people of the Zhongshu House, and finally forwarded back to the cabinet.

This process is extremely cumbersome.

Moreover, it is said that the emperor's approval opinions at the residence were all written by his favorite concubines. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded: "I heard that those favorite concubines are extremely smart, and it is not surprising that they can imitate their younger brother's style of acting." ”

Cao Jixiang hurriedly echoed: "Emperor Shengming, you see that today's emperor's reply is to change the name of Princess Qin, to emphasize the prohibition of martyrdom, and to promote the status of the daughter of Prince Yiwen, it is more like the emperor is arranging a retreat for his favorite concubines."

If you think about the matter of Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, Mu Fu saved Lan Yu's posthumous son, and the emperor chose to forgive and pardon without pursuing it.

Maybe he wants to be an example and let the successors let go of the children in the wombs of the favorite concubines. ”

Zhu Qizhen's face was happy, this is reasonable, it is really possible that his younger brother is dying.

However, when Xing'an, Chen Xiang, and Cao Jixiang wanted to make further sycophants, Zhu Qizhen's face suddenly changed.

Zhu Qizhen's thoughts returned to the original question: "Lan Yu committed the crime of treason, his concubine and posthumous son can be saved, and after so many years, no one will notice."

This time, it was the sudden death of Mu Bin, the Duke of Qianguo, and his son Mu Cong was only one year old, which led to the decline of Mu Fu's control over Yunnan, and the matter was leaked out.

And what about yourself? What if he was really born to a palace maid?

Lan Yu is a major crime of rebellion, and she can give birth to a posthumous child unconsciously. If his biological mother is a palace maid, the emperor's grandmother, the queen mother, and the father work together, naturally they can be more ignorant of ghosts, so that they have been ignorant for more than 20 years and completely kept in the dark.

The more Zhu Qizhen thought about it, the more he felt a chill in his back.

After a long time, Zhu Qizhen asked: "When the queen mother was still a concubine, who was around to serve her?" Don't answer Kim Young.

I asked about the palace people who were relied on by the side of the queen mother back then, but shortly after I was born, I was suddenly transferred away from the palace beside the queen mother. ”

In fact, the rumors that are spreading rapidly in Nangong recently, Xing'an, Chen Xiang, and Cao Jixiang have all heard of it.

Chen Xiang reacted the fastest, and immediately knelt on the ground and admonished: "Emperor, those rumors in the Nangong now are all deliberately provoking the relationship between you and the Queen Mother.

After you and the Queen Mother have a disagreement, they will be able to break through each one. The viciousness of his intentions is unguarded against by the emperor. ”

Xing'an and Cao Jixiang also hurriedly knelt down.

Zhu Qizhen nodded secretly in his heart, the rumors in Nangong must have been deliberately spread by someone with a heart, there is no doubt about it.

Ordinary little eunuchs don't have such ability, so Zhu Qizhen was the first to suspect Chen Xiang, Cao Jixiang, and Xing'an.

After his own temptation just now, it seems that Chen Xiang should have no problem.

Hung Yen is his big companion, and loyalty should undoubtedly be the highest.

The biggest possibility is Cao Jixiang.

Now that the queen and concubines all live in Nangong, they also have the ability to manipulate behind their backs.

Recently, the focus has become to catch the mole.

Zhu Qizhen was completely speechless, the civil and military officials tossed such a big battle, but my brother's backyard did not catch fire, and my own harem was in chaos first, what is this called.

So Zhu Qizhen commanded sharply: "The three of you go separately to investigate, from the time the queen mother was pregnant to the birth of a child, the situation of all the palace people around her must be checked by me clearly." In three days, I will see the results. ”

Xing'an, Chen Xiang, and Cao Jixiang had to make three faces bitterly, carefully received the edict, and immediately went separately to investigate.

said that at this time, Zhu Qiyu was leaning on the soft couch leisurely, hugging left and right, and listening to the concubines reading the book and secret report to him with a smile.

When you are an emperor, you can't just look at the ministers' recitals, and you can refer to the civil fort of the Ming God of War.

So Zhu Qiyu still has a variety of intelligence sources.

Only by corroborating the information of all parties can we accurately grasp the situation.

Lin Xiangyu asked curiously on the side: "Husband, we have approved so many Taoist scripts in one go, do you think Emperor Gongrang has doubts about his background?" ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "There are some suspicions, but they don't have a major impact so quickly." We have to be subtle and silent, and after a long time, the eldest brother Gong will let the emperor naturally fall into the ditch.

Besides, we may not be lying to him, and I'm not sure if he's born to Sun. After all, a series of things that happened in the two years before and after she gave birth to a child did have a lot of weird things.

Maybe I'm right. ”

Ning Xiang, who had never cared about outside affairs, also asked curiously: "Husband, the slave family really wants to know, who spread the rumors in Nangong?"

Didn't you say that you didn't install a trusted eunuch in Nangong?

I'm afraid the little concubines and little eunuchs installed earlier don't have the ability to control this kind of thing, right? ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Silly girl, my husband taught you, the struggle for imperial power must be guided by the situation, and the wind must be used to steer the rudder." ”

Ning Xiang was also extremely intelligent, and immediately extracted the key information from this sentence: "Husband is saying that the rumor was not spread by you send?" ”

Zhu Qiyu spread his hands innocently: "I never said that I did it myself." I'm a good person, how can I do such a thing. ”

"Who did that?"

The four favorite concubines were all interested, and they were tired of Zhu Qiyu before and after, waiting to listen to the suspenseful story.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "The matter was not done by Queen Zhou, you can guess one among Queen Qian, Concubine Wan Chen, Xing'an, Chen Xiang, Cao Jixiang, and Ruan Lang."

The old rule, whoever guesses right, can make a request to me. ”

(End of chapter)